Re: Enoch Powell was right!
Posted by:
Hespire (IP Logged)
Date: 26 October, 2023 11:24PM
Pharpetron Wrote:
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> I’m a liberal, progressive atheist myself, so I
> can’t agree with any of this.
If the poster is who I think he is, I don't think he's religious. At least he dislikes Christianity as a foreign religion derived from Eastern cultures, though correct me if I'm wrong.
> I also happen to adore CAS.
>
> I have observed that most or many of the posters
> here tend to be on the conservative side of
> things. That’s fine—I know and like many
> people to the right of me politically. I don’t
> make friends (or enemies) on that basis.
>
> I’ve read all CAS’s stories, some of his
> poetry, many of his letters (especially to HPL),
> and pretty much everything else available on this
> site and elsewhere. He doesn’t seem to be a
> racist that I can tell. He’s made a few
> off-color comments, particularly about Jews, that
> I can’t approve of, but I mainly sense that he
> didn’t have strong opinions along these lines.
I agree that CAS didn't seem to think too deeply about racial purity or racial supremacy. I'm not sure if he would have married outside of his race, but he didn't seem like the kind to get hung up on anyone else doing so. His poems and fiction make it clear that all races are miniscule in the face of the cosmos, and that self-absorbed arrogance and delusions of superiority are found in all organized groups, systems, and societies. He was also more eager to explore exotic cultures, even those of alien entities. And he did write the unusual story "The Venus of Azombeii", in which a white man has a profound and sexual romance with a black priestess of Africa. CAS was clearly fascinated by the world beyond his knowledge.
As I recall, he had friendly relations with some Japanese people in his later years (a haiku poet and some foreign fans), and he was amiable with the Chinese shopkeepers in town. He had also read a great deal about Zen Buddhism, as well as the writings of Lafcadio Hearn. In a few letters, he expressed such contempt for America that he claimed he would move to Asia if he had the money for it.
> Personally, I think we’d all be better off if
> the various human races intermingled for many
> generations to the point where we don’t have
> these sub-categories of races anymore. I see no
> point in keeping races ‘pure’. Also, I
> can’t really get worked up over ‘cancel
> culture’ or ‘wokeness’ or other
> social-political buzz words, most of which
> aren’t very well defined anyway. I’m not a
> fan of hypocrisy either.
I have nothing against racial mingling, certain forms of social tolerance, etc. After all, I'm of mixed race myself, and I simply don't care about things like skin and ethnicity when socializing with others. I'm more interested in individual minds, not countries, cultures, or phenotypes. I once dated a Somalian immigrant, not because I respected or cared about her cultural background, but because she was a lively, upstanding, and above all creative and intelligent individual. However, I don't care for the way popular media likes to dramatize and glorify inclusivity, which to me should be a simple matter of accepting people as unique individuals, not some thoughtless parade celebrating moral cliches and gawdy rainbows. In that sense, I *do* dislike common ideas of "wokeness" and "cancel culture", which to me are superficial expressions.
> So, am I totally out of line here? Should I stay
> away from this forum? Am I too radical for the
> members here?
>
> I’m more interested in art and literature than
> in getting into internet fights.
I think most members here (what lingering few exist), conservative or not, are more interested in discussing art and literature. Note they haven't responded to these recent threads, and last time this person posted similar threads all activity went silent until everything was deleted. Whenever I have seen political discussions, I've rarely seen heated arguments. They tend to be engaging but mellow about it.
I don't think this site is active enough for your presence to even matter, but I doubt anyone here would care enough to wish you gone.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 26 Oct 23 | 11:30PM by Hespire.